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Announcing our 2021 conservation projects
Over the past several months we have been investigating land conservation projects for the money donated to ARC. After an intensive search, we have come to two main conclusions that will vastly improve our protection efforts: A. Diversification: Rather than put...
Read our Impact Report for 2019
We are happy to release the 2019 Impact Report featuring our accomplishments and what lies ahead for ARC.
WE NEED YOUR HELP TO SAVE THE LAST REMAINING JAGUARS IN THE WILD.
Researchers estimate only 15,000 jaguars remain in the wild. Their last refuge is in the Amazon basin. Yet even in the Amazon rainforest they’re far from safe. Ranchers shoot them on sight due to fear or concern for their livestock. Poachers kill them for their...
The Message Of COVID-19
Mother Earth has been knocking on our front doors, weeping in despair and pleading with us to change our ways. But, we closed our curtains, dimmed our lights, talked in hushed tones and pretended we were not home. So, she dispatched COVID-19 to forcibly smash through...
Justice For Rosie
Sometimes you have an encounter that changes you forever. This past December I met Rosie and my heart will never recover. Rosie was still a baby but already she had experienced incredible trauma. She watched her own mother killed and eaten. Then she was sold to be...
ARC has replaced the fireplace channel with #RainforestFireChannel
Toronto, Canada (Dec 17, 2019) The Amazon Rainforest Conservancy (ARC) has launched their first ever holiday initiative. Created by agency Zulu Alpha Kilo, the campaign recreates the classic Yule Log Fireplace channel using real footage of the Amazon burning to draw...
OPERATION MERCURY: A MILITARY INTERVENTION WITH CONSEQUENCES FOR ARC’S LANDS
A decade of illegal gold mining has transformed a formally lush area in the heart of the Peruvian Amazon into a wasteland. In February 2019, the president of the region of Madre de Dios (where most of the destructive mining takes place) declared a state of emergency...
WHERE DID YOUR DONATIONS GO?
In August, as the world’s attention shifted to the fires in the Amazon rainforest, the Amazon Rainforest Conservancy (ARC) had its best financial month ever. Thank you to the 528 people who donated a total of $38,421 CDN to ARC last month. And here’s a pie chart...
ARC RESPONDS TO THE AMAZON FIRES
Update: Message from Jana Bell, President of Amazon Rainforest Conservancy (ARC), on the Amazon Fires, Monday August 26, 2019 As the Amazon fires continue to rage, many people have reached out to ARC asking, “What can I do?” The bad news is we can’t easily stop the...
THE JEWELS OF THE RAINFOREST
It’s not surprising that Tambopata, Peru holds the world record for the highest number of butterfly species. This extraordinary region is one of the world’s most biologically diverse. More than 4,000 different types of butterflies make their home here! These...
THIS JUNE, HELP US WIN $10,000!
START YOUR SUMMER RIGHT. HELP US WIN $10,000 IN THE GREAT CANADIAN GIVING CHALLENGE CONTEST! Every $1 you donate to Amazon Rainforest Conservancy (ARC) from June 1 – June 30, 2019 via our page at CanadaHelps (link below) counts as a ballot to help us...
WE NEED YOUR HELP TO GET BOOTS ON THE GROUND!
The Amazon Rainforest Conservancy (ARC) currently cares for 1,416 hectares (3,500 acres) of intact old-growth rainforest in the Region of Ashipal, deep in the heart of the Peruvian Amazon rainforest. ARC’s founders chose this area due to its remoteness; the Ashipal...
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